VERB | communication | suggest, propose, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
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communication | suggest, hint | drop a hint | |
communication | suggest, intimate | imply as a possibility | |
communication | suggest, evoke, paint a picture | call to mind |
Sounds | sahgjheh'st | |
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Rhymes | abreast ... zest: 76 rhymes with ehst... |
Meaning | make a proposal, declare a plan for something. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They suggest him to write the letter; They suggest to move | |
Synonyms | propose, advise | |
Narrower | advance, throw out | bring forward for consideration or acceptance |
feed back | respond to a query or outcome | |
move, make a motion | Propose formally | |
proposition | Suggest sex to | |
recommend, urge, advocate | Push for something | |
submit, state, put forward, posit | put before | |
Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
Spanish | advertir, proponer, sugerir | |
Catalan | advertir, proposar, suggerir | |
Adjectives | suggestible | susceptible or responsive to suggestion |
Nouns | suggester | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection | |
suggestion | persuasion formulated as a suggestion |
Meaning | Drop a hint; intimate by a hint. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They suggest that there was a traffic accident | |
Synonym | hint | |
Narrower | allude, touch, advert | make a more or less disguised reference to |
clue in | Provide someone with a clue | |
intimate, adumbrate, insinuate | Give to understand | |
Broader | convey | make known |
Spanish | insinuar, sugerir | |
Catalan | donar a entendre, insinuar, suggerir | |
Adjectives | suggestible | susceptible or responsive to suggestion |
Nouns | suggester | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection |
Meaning | Imply as a possibility. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" | |
Synonym | intimate | |
Narrower | make out | Imply or suggest |
Broader | imply | Suggest as a logically necessary consequence |
Spanish | insinuar, sugerir | |
Catalan | insinuar, suggerir | |
Adjectives | suggestible | susceptible or responsive to suggestion |
suggestive | tending to suggest or imply | |
suggestive | (usually followed by 'of') pointing out or revealing clearly / clearly | |
Nouns | suggestion | persuasion formulated as a suggestion |
Meaning | Call to mind. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | evoke, paint a picture | |
Narrower | incriminate, imply, inculpate | Suggest that someone is guilty |
smack, reek, smell | Have an element suggestive (of something) | |
Broader | express, show, evince | Give expression / expression to |
Spanish | evocar, sugerir | |
Catalan | evocar, suggerir | |
Nouns | suggestion | the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association |
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